Improbable But True — This Tiny Alpine State

THE TIMES Wednesday June 3 2009 A City contact rings. Did I know that the Liechtenstein Royal Navy had done rather well in the Dragon Boat races in Hong Kong? Improbable but true — this tiny Alpine state is, of course, landlocked. Not that it stops Bolivia, but that's another story. The Liechtenstein Princely Navy, research suggests, is nothing to do with the country but made up mainly of bankers who enter boat races for charity. Strange world.